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opening guns

opening guns is the plural of opening gun.

Meaning of opening gun

Noun

opening gun (plural opening guns)

  1. The initial event that triggers a subsequent chain of events.
    • the opening gun in the '48 presidential campaign

Questions about opening guns

What is opening guns the plural of?
Opening guns is the plural of opening gun.

Words near opening guns in the dictionary

  1. opening fire
  2. opening goal
  3. opening goals
  4. Opening Government
  5. opening gun
  6. opening guns
  7. opening hours
  8. opening its doors
  9. opening move
  10. opening moves
  11. opening night

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